Our offense is terrible with Alex Smith. It would likely be worse with Geno given his propensity to turn the ball over and give the other teams points through pick 6s and returned fumbles for TDs. So seeing as how we barely win with the offense we have now, we'd have likely lost more than a few games if we had Geno as our QB.

But would you rather take those growing pains with Geno, or be 8-0 with Alex and be in the driver seat toward a first round bye in the playoffs?

The problem with homers is they think in the short term far too often.

I agree with this, absolutely, but so do the haters.

Eric Fisher and Geno Smith are inextricably linked for us, forever. Anyone saying we shouldn't have drafted Geno because of his interceptions is just as wrong as everyone saying we shouldn't have drafted Fisher. Each player has plenty of time left on his clock to become an elite player. Geno needs to rein in the interceptions, and Fisher needs to add strength and technique.I wish both players were kicking ass and taking names, because A) I could say "I told you so" about Geno; and B) Fisher wouldn't suck donkey balls.

The best case scenario is Geno sitting on the bench learning from Reid and Smith on how to prepare and be a professional. So the real question is:

See, I was greedy when it came to my view of Geno. If it were up to me, Geno would be here backing up Alex, so I can't answer the question as posed.

In my dream scenario, Geno would have been probably third string behind Alex and Chase, moves to backup next year, and been starting in 2015. Give him time that way to assimilate an NFL offense and how to prepare, conduct yourself (although he's had no problems with that in New York, a credit to him), and really get a feel for what it means to play QB in the league from Andy and Alex.

See, I was greedy when it came to my view of Geno. If it were up to me, Geno would be here backing up Alex, so I can't answer the question as posed.

In my dream scenario, Geno would have been probably third string behind Alex and Chase, moves to backup next year, and been starting in 2015. Give him time that way to assimilate an NFL offense and how to prepare, conduct yourself (although he's had no problems with that in New York, a credit to him), and really get a feel for what it means to play QB in the league from Andy and Alex.

Given where this roster was, all of the holes it had (and still has), and the general fan malaise, I pick Alex Smith. The locker room has to be fixed first and that is done by winning. Nothing else works. Also, there is no evidence that Geno Smith is going to be better than Tyler Bray.

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No way to know that, and we probably won't know that for a number of years.

Perhaps Bray will play that role I had envisioned Geno in. I certainly hope so. If it happens, well, that will be proof positive as to why I'm some anonymous idiot posting on message boards and John Dorsey is who he is.